Pipe-patch.



F. C. sII/IAKAL.

PIPE PATCH. APPLICATION FILED ILILY 29.1914.-

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. F. C. SMAKAL.

lPlPE PATCH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1914.

Patented 001;. 2, 1917.

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FRANK c. SMAKAL, oF-iulnas, NEVADA.

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To all fwhpmz'zmay concern."

Be it known that I, FRANK Gmini, `,Sira- KAL, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Midas, in the county of Elko Iand State of Nevada, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Ppeflatches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the `invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates'to new and useful improvements in pipe patches, and has for its principal object to provide a device which may be secured to a broken pipe to prevent the same from leaking.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is capable of being se cured to any ordinary pipe without the necessity of using any fastening means other than that carried by the pipe.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pipe patch which is capable of being secured to a hose or other flexible pipe should the same become broken or leaking.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a pipe patch constructed in accordance with this invention showing a portion broken away to more clearly illustrate the details of construction,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view of a patch which is adapted to be secured to a flexible pipe,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3,

p Fig. 5 is a' side view in elevation of a modified form of flexible patch,

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the locking devices used in conjunction with Fig. 5,

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In the modified form of the invention, whichis illustratedin Figs. Spand 4, the outer casing is eliminated and a plurality of strips 9 substituted therefor. Each of these strips is semicircular as shown in Fig. 4 and provided with the ears 10 through which the bolts 11 extend. A suitable wavterproofing materialA 12 is provided and these strips 9 are riveted or otherwise secured as at 1S to the waterproofing material 12 as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the modified form which vis illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the pipe is designated by The Quter .casing 4 is Vu.leefaloly vthrough and rmly clamp the whole to-V y the numeral 14 and `is surrounded by the flexible waterproofing vmaterial 15,. This. waterproofing .material has riveted thereto at diametrically opposite points the coperating locking means 17 and 1S, which comprise respectively 'the strip 19 which is turned back at its ends'as at 2O for holding the loop 21 in place. This loop 21 has connected thereto the hook member 22 which is pro` vided with the reduced vportion -13. The cooperating member 18 comprises the flat stripl of material 24 having formed near its end the aperture 25 through which the reduced extension 23 of the member hereinbefore referred to, extends. It will thus be seen that when in use, ythe extensions are passed through their respective apertures and vbent back as illustrated in Fig. 6, thus'lirmly holding the whole together.

While in the foregoing there has been 'shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: Y f

' 1. Apipe patch comprising ka flexible water proof sleeve, strips secured to the flexible casing, one set of strips extendingr around said flexible Water proof sleeve and hailing"AV carried by said second mentioned strips andY arranged to enter theapertures and thus irmly clamp the Whole together.VVV

2. A pipe patch comprising a flexible Water proof sleeve, strips secured'to the flexible casing, vone set of strips extending around said'leXible Water proof easing and having their ends spaced, said ends being provided with apertures, the opposite set oi strips be- Ning' Vsecured to said sleeve intermediate the strips, reduced extensions formed on said hooks, said reduced extensions arranged t0 enter the apertures and thus firmly clamp the Whole together`V In testimony whereof I alliX my signature vin presence of two Witnesses. Y FRANK C. SMAKAL.

Witnesses:

R. T. NOBLE, J. K. CAMPBELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

